Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-04
A MILL stTWrEn JACK DEMPSEY AND
RfppY GALLAGHER At CLEVELAND.
John 7. Tarbeii Arrested for Attempting
70 Kill lis Wife.
INCREASE OF The DAILY NAIL or THE
INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
Capt. Houghton's Shortage
Placed at $4,000.
ESPECIAL TO TIE SENTINEL
Petttionfng the Interstate Com.
merce Commission.

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merce Commissfon.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The daily
mail of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission continues to be verybulky. Sec
rotary Moseley to-day received a COM
munication addressed to the commits
sion by the proprietors of hotels, board
ing houses and eating houses OF the
city of San Francisco, representing
that the prices of provisions in that
city have been enormously advanced.
The dealers therein alleging in justi-
fication thereof that the increased
rate of transportation, referable to
Section 4 OF the Interstate Commerce
Law, increased the cost of necessaries
of life, and inflicts unusual and sever
hardships upon our business, and We
therefore pray for such relief as may
be within the province or clemencv OF
your Honorable Board to grant. This
was signed by the proprietors Of about
a dozen hotels, and about so restau-
rants and boarding houses.
wounded by an Explosion.
CHICAGO, May 3.-Late tonight a
number OF men were wounded, some
of them fatally, by an explosion at the
North Chicago rolling mills at South
Chicago. The accident was occa-
stoned by the dumping of a a of
molten metal into n of the huge
molds in the rail mill, and enough
water CHANGED to be in the mold to
cause the explosion. The mold flew
into a thousand pieces, and the
liquid metal vas scattered about for
rods. A score of men were working
within range, of whom the following
were injured: John Burns, James
Carney, probably fatally, and Daniel
Shea, Phillip Mortimer, Michael
O'Connell, Patrick O'Connell and
James Black will recover.
A Draw Fight.
CLEVELAND, O., May 8. = Jack
Dempsey and Reddy Gallagher met
tonight at the Frankfort street gym
nasium for a six-round fight, with four
ounce gloves, the winner to take two
thirds, and the loser one-third of the
gate receipts. Two hundred specta-
tors paid IS each to see the battle,
and at 10 o'clock time was called.
Dempsey weighed $50 and Gallagher
155Ts pound. In the second round
Dempsey broke his left arm just below
the elbow, but he kept on, and at the
end Of the sixth round the fight was
declared a draw. No one but Demp.
sey knew of the accident until the
fight was e
Applications TO Sell Liquor.
ToPEKA, KS, May 3.-The examin.
alton of applications from druggists
of Topeka to sell liquor under
the new liquor law, was commenced
yesterday before the Probate Judge.
The law requires the seller to have a
petition signed by % ladies, in which
he pledges to sell only to persons pre-.
senting a sworn statement that the
liquor is to be used only for specified
medicinal purposes. The ladies of the
Womans' Temperance Union exam
ined the applications, and antagonized
most of them. Out of six applica.
tons examined yesterday only three
were accepted.
Destructive Fire.
DENVER, May ga few minutes be-
fore 8 O'Clock this morning a fire was
discovered in Collier & Cleveland's
printing and Autograph establishment.
The flames spread rapidly, but were
under control of the department by
4:30 O'Clock. Collier < Cleveland are
State printers, and large quantities OF
matter, being printed for the State de-
partment, was destroyed. The loss is
estimated at $4,000; insurance, $685.
600. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Arrested for Misappropriasfen OF
Funds.
LONG ISLAND, N. Y. May Sat a
late hour last night Justice Brandon
issued a warrant for the arrest of Dis
trict Attorney Thomas F. MCGOWAN,
on a complaint of Supervisor Van
nestred of Newtown, who charges Nc
Gowan with the misappropriation of
town funds. MCGOWAN is believed to
have gone to Canada. He left here
on Saturday afternoon and did not re-
turn. The actural amount of the de-
falcation, 80 far as known, is $19, 900.
The Vote for senator.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, May 3.-The
Senate and House voted separately for
United States Senator to-day. In the
Senate Camden (Dem.) received 10;
Flick (Rep.), 8; scattering, A. In the
House, Camden, 80; Flick, %; scatter
IA. The vote is a repetition of
that of last session.
Bound for Canada.
BosToN, May 3.-Capt. Isaac H.
bookkeeper for Scull &
Bradley, whose defalcation and fight
was learned last night, it is believed
has gone to Canada. The amount of
his shortage is placed at SIT 900. The
money was lost in speculation.
A Rasnse0rm.
GALVESTON, May 3.-A good rain
storm prevailed last night along the